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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Understanding IBD. What is inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)? The term inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a category of gastrointestinal illnesses...

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Hiatus Hernia

The hiatus hernia is one of the more misunderstood and maligned conditions in medicine. People blame this hernia for much...

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Medically, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is known by a variety of other terms: spastic colon, spastic colitis, mucous colitis and...

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Lactose Intolerance

Lactose intolerance develops when the body has difficulty digesting whole and skim milk and other dairy products. Lactose is a...

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Ostomy, Colostomy, Ileostomy

These three words and the images they convey produce dread in many people who may know very little about them. An...

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Pancreas Disease

The pancreas is called the “hidden organ” because it is located deep in the abdomen behind the stomach. About six...

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Peptic Ulcer Disease

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a common ailment, affecting many people. The causes of PUD have gradually become clear. With this...

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Prevention of Colon Polyps and Cancer

The colon is the large intestine. It begins where the small intestine ends, near the appendix inside the right lower...

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Primary Biliary Cholangitis

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the...

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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the...

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Rectal Bleeding

Rectal bleeding is a sign that something is wrong. It is usually something minor that can be easily diagnosed, but...

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Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, recurring disease of the large bowel. The large bowel (colon) is the 5-to-6-foot segment of...

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Hemorrhoids

Hemorrhoids, or piles, are one of mankind’s most common and nagging disorders. By themselves, hemorrhoids are rarely serious, but they...

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Heartburn and Reflux

Everyone has heartburn occasionally. This occurs when stomach acid flows upward (regurgitates) into the esophagus. The esophagus is the tube...

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Hepatitis C

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the...

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Hepatitis B

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the...

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Hepatitis

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It sits in the right-upper abdomen just under the right lung...

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Hemochromatosis

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the...

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Helicobacter Pylori

This unusual name identifies a specific bacterium that can cause infection of the stomach. This infection can contribute to the...

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Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease

Almost everyone has experienced heartburn. About 25 million American adults suffer daily from (esophageal reflux, sometimes referred to as gastroesophageal...

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Cirrhosis

The liver is a large organ that sits in the right upper abdomen, just under the right lung. It is...

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Colon Polyps and Cancer

Cancer of the colon is a major health problem in the United States. It ranks as a leading form of...

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Constipation

Constipation can be defined as infrequent or hard pellet stools, or difficulty in evacuating stool. Passing one or more soft,...

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Crohn’s Disease

Crohn’s disease is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory disease of the intestinal tract. The intestinal tract has four major parts: the...

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Diarrhea

Everyone has diarrhea at one time or another and everyone has their own idea of exactly what diarrhea is. Is...

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Diverticulosis & Diverticulitis

To understand diverticulosis, it is helpful to know about the anatomy and function of the intestine. The small intestine is...

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Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Eosinophilic Esophagitis is a mouthful of a word. It is a condition that we are seeing more and more frequently....

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Esophagitis and Stricture

The esophagus is the food tube, or gullet, that carries food and liquid from the mouth to the stomach. The...

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Fatty Liver

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the...

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Gallstones

To understand the nature of gallstones, it is helpful to first look at the anatomy of the gallbladder and bile...

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Gas

Everyone comments sometimes on the digestive problem of gas. When people complain of gas, they usually mean one or more...

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Gastritis

The stomach, as everyone knows from watching TV ads, is J-shaped and collects swallowed food and liquid. It then methodically...

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Gastroparesis

This tough looking word, pronounced gas-tro-par-EES-is, is simple enough in its meaning. Gastro means stomach. Paresis means weakness. Gastroparesis is...

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Osteoporosis

Calcium is essential to the body.  It is the most common mineral in the body and is needed in tiny...

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Celiac Disease

Celiac Disease (CD) is a disease of the lining of the small intestine. This part of the bowel lies between...

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Barrett’s Esophagus

Heartburn is a burning sensation felt behind the breastbone and sometimes in the neck and throat. It is caused by...

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Autoimmune Hepatitis

The liver is the largest organ in the body. It is found high in the right upper abdomen, behind the...

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Anal Fissure, Abscess and Fistula

The intestinal tract (or bowel) ends with the rectum. The last part of the rectum is a section about 1...

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